Tech Titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness
Gabe Bankman-Fried, a former Wall Street trader, has raised $12 million from a cryptocurrency trading firm founded by his brother, Sam Bankman-Fried. Dustin Moskovitz, a...
Health Care
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COVID-related hospital visitation limits may have contributed to increase in stress-related disorders
Efforts by hospitals to protect people from COVID-19 by restricting them from visiting family members in ICUs may have contributed to a significant increase in...
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Study highlights the `staggering’ economic burden of PTSD
A new study finds that the national economic burden of PTSD goes beyond direct health care expenses and exceeds the costs of other common mental...
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Despite losing federal money, California is still testing uninsured residents for covid — for now
California is still offering free covid testing to uninsured residents even though the federal government ran out of money to pay for it. While Congress...
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Physicians are uneasy as Colorado collects providers’ diversity data
Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn’t usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at...
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COVID-19 vaccine protection against omicron wanes over time, study shows
A study released April 22 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine shows that a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection, roughly 80%...
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Sri Lanka’s healthcare system heavily affected by the current economic crisis
Sri Lanka’s acute economic crisis has begun to tell on its health care system with critical medicines running out for want of hard currency to...
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Study examines adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks related to TikTok use
A new study examines adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use. Findings from the study will be presented during the...
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Study describes the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits
A new study describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits. Findings from the study will be presented during...
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Impaired brain growth in the womb can predict worsened infant neurodevelopmental outcomes
A new study reports that selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predict adverse cognitive, language and motor outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease....
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Study shows safety, feasibility of intranasal milk therapy for infants with intraventricular hemorrhage
A new study demonstrates that intranasal human milk is a safe and feasible intervention for intraventricular hemorrhage, a serious cause of morbidity in preterm infants....
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Study assesses whether early targeted treatment of patent ductus arteriosus improves outcomes in extreme preterm babies
A randomized controlled trial evaluates if selective early treatment of patent ductus arteriosus reduces death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks in extreme preterm babies....